Subj : Re: Halt and Catch Fire
To : MRO
From : bex
Date : Tue Sep 06 2022 01:43 pm
-=> MRO wrote to Moondog <=-
MR> Re: Re: Halt and Catch Fire
MR> By: Moondog to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Sep 05 2022 12:41 pm
> hot. Remember Pointcast? Companies hated it because it consumed so much
> bandwith. Distributed computing was also new, so there's lots to play with
MR> i dont know of any company that used pointcast. i looked it up and
MR> internet sez it's like a screensaver that showed real time info.
I worked at HP when Pointcast came out. It brought the local network down
to its knees every time that a new story was pushed, or a weather update,
or a score update, or an editor would publish a retraction, or...
The 90s were a weird time for consumer internet applications.
